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Guinea: WFP Guinea country brief

Aug 15, 2017
Guinea: WFP Guinea country brief

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Highlights

  • WFP continues to provide market access to smallholder farmers by linking local purchases with school canteens supply. The country office is exploring opportunities for local purchases from bean producers in the prefecture of Mali.
  • According to the March Cadre Harmonisé, the number food insecure people is forecast to increase to 285,585 people between June and August 2017.

Operational Updates

  • WFP continues to provide food assistance to people living with HIV and TB clients as well as their household members to improve adherence to treatment. In May, a total of 631 ART or tuberculosis (TB) clients and their families members received food assistance.
  • WFP continues to provide market access to smallholder farmers by linking local purchases with school canteens supply. A total of 1,588 mt of parboiled rice (1,166 mt from farmer groups and 422 mt from traders) was purchased and delivered to WFP school canteens between December 2016 and May 2017. New 227 mt from women parboiler unions will be purchased before the end of August 2017.
  • A new initiative to support farmer groups producing fresh vegetables through cash-based transfers started in the framework of the implementation of food assistance for assets activities in Forest Guinea.
  • WFP with funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is conducting capacity strengthening activities for farmers’ organizations, especially those operated by women rice farmers in Gueckedou and Koundou, in the framework of a home grown school meals project. The After Action Review of the JICA-funded pilot project implemented from February to June 2016 to support local purchase and women empowerment was conducted between April and May 2017 to review lessons learned for scaling up.
  • According to findings from the March 2017 Cadre Harmonisé, an estimated 285,585 people will be in Crisis situation (Phase 3) during the lean season, between June and August 2017.
  • Performance monitoring visits were conducted in 65 schools in the prefectures of Koundara,
    Gaoual, Fria, Kindia, Forécariah, Coyah and Dubreka. The areas examined included third quarter deliveries and the management of the canteens. Following these visits, sensitization sessions for management committees will be conducted to address areas of improvement.

Full report: WFP Guinea Country Brief

Original source: WFP. 
Posted on 31 May 2017.